dazed; dazing
2
: to dazzle with light
dazed by the bright sun
daze
noun
He flung his bat in a daze and made a slow trot around the bases …
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Steve Wulf
Steve Wulf
He sometimes finds himself so focused on cyberspace that he falls into a kind of computer daze, losing all track of time.
—Leslie Miller
Leslie Miller
Examples of daze in a Sentence
the fall dazed him for a moment, causing him to become disoriented
a skier dazed by the glare from the snow
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Howes and Petersen, sleepy and half dazed, took turns at the wheel on the long drive home.
—Orval C. Johnson, Outdoor Life, 31 Oct. 2024
He was then taken to the hospital out of caution due to being dazed momentarily.
—Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 2 Sep. 2024
Video and photos by Ukrainian officials showed medical workers and patients in bloodied clothes, walking around the hospital grounds apparently dazed.
—Daryna Mayer, NBC News, 8 July 2024
The people below were knocked down, thrown forward and dazed, but one man was able to gather himself and go up to the flybridge to survey the damage.
—Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2024
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Orval C. Johnson, Outdoor Life, 31 Oct. 2024
He was then taken to the hospital out of caution due to being dazed momentarily.
—Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 2 Sep. 2024
Video and photos by Ukrainian officials showed medical workers and patients in bloodied clothes, walking around the hospital grounds apparently dazed.
—Daryna Mayer, NBC News, 8 July 2024
The people below were knocked down, thrown forward and dazed, but one man was able to gather himself and go up to the flybridge to survey the damage.
—Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2024
See all Example Sentences for daze
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“Daze.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/daze. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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